La Infiorata
Oh do I have something special for you today. It is one of my favorite things about
living in Umbria, Italy. I get to
go to the Flower Festival in Spello La Infiorata. Every year I force my girls (although they love it) to wake
up early about 5:30 a.m and we meet up with friends, get on our bikes and bike
to Spello for the festival, this way we beat the heat and the crowds. The people who do the actual laying
down of the flowers stay up all night working with tents over the designs so
they don’t blow away. They party
into the night, this in Italy means drinking lots of coffee maybe a glass of
wine and hanging with friends.
These designs are laid down with templates, they have wooden
boards that cross over like little bridges, to work in the middle and they have
misters to wet down the designs.
The flowers are picked locally and some are dried and some are fresh and then separated into bins of color.
There are lots of teenagers involved and team spirit is paramount.
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| Spello Flower Festival |
Isn’t it just amazing that all this is done with flowers,
the perspective, design, thought, creativity and profuse color is expansive and
mind-boggling.
I just love the simple designs best. They bring me such a sense of peace and
joy that is hard to convey here in words.
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| the simple life |
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| tree of life |
I think it is a great idea to take this flower festival idea
and bring it to your home for a party.
Think what a splendid impact it could make at a cocktail party, flowers
and colored drinks in the back yard.
Spread out in the driveway for a child’s birthday party, a wedding or
graduation party.
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| simple they are so pretty you can't do it wrong |
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| flower hearts |
Doing the simple designs could be as easy as collecting
shapes from around the house, then outline the objects in chalk and fill them in
with fresh petals. Think about
using buckets, kitchen plates for circles, even little baby clothing outlined
for a shower could be adorable, irregular hearts and stars. Have the kids draw the forms and fill
them in. It would even be fun to
have a summer party where everyone does it together.
Cheers and love around the world from Umbria.
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| a view from Spell, Umbria |
Natalie
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Between Naps on the Porch
Between Naps on the Porch
What an amazing festival! Life to the full! Melissa
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